NCR Brings Consumer Transaction Technologies around the World

    DULUTH, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) continues to deliver consumer transaction technologies and financial services around the world by installing Somalia’s first-ever automated teller machine (ATM) in Mogadishu, the East African country’s capital, with Salaam Somali Bank. “From ATM technology to mobile banking and advanced payments software, NCR Financial Services delivers the most complete Financial Services…

    Read More

      Minister Duhulow “We need to fully empower our young people, so that they can take part the political and democratization process in Somalia.”

      Abu Dhabi, 09 December 2014 H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, the Minister of Information of Somalia was a keynote speaker of today’s Global Communications Expo in Abu Dhabi, that brings diverse experts to collaborate in developing and implementing innovative Counter Violent Extremists communications activities. The Minister said “We need to fully empower our young people, so that…

      Read More

        Somali President pledges to appoint new PM soon

        Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud pledged on Saturday to appoint a new prime minister as soon as possible. The President’s pledge came only hours after his country’s parliament had withdrawn confidence from Somalia’s prime minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. “I welcome the decision reached by the members of parliament through a voting process,” Mohamoud said in…

        Read More

          Somali Journalists Mark Human Rights Day ahead of International Human Rights Day Dec. 10, 2014

          Mogadishu, 6 December 2014-The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today held an event to mark the Human Rights Day ahead of the International Human Rights Day December 10, 2014 to highlight the violations against the Human Rights Defenders, especially the attacks against the press in Somalia including harassment, intimidation, unlawful or arbitrary arrest and…

          Read More

            Somali woman dies after falling five storeys

            A woman died this evening after falling approximately five storeys at about 4.45pm, in Triq il-Hamrija, Marsascala. Preliminary investigations found that the victim, an 18-year-old Somali woman, who resides in Marsascala fell from a balcony. She was immediately conveyed to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where she was certified to be in a critical condition….

            Read More

              Somali parliament withdraws confidence from PM

              The Somali parliament on Saturday voted to withdraw confidence from Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed and his government. Some 153 MPs voted in favor of a motion to withdraw confidence from the Premier, while 80 legislators voted against. Last month, 165 MPs drafted a bill in the 275-member assembly withdrawing confidence from the premier, who…

              Read More

                Somalia parliament votes out prime minister

                Mogadishu, Dec. 6, 2014 (SDN)- Somalia’s parliament has voted out its second prime minister in a year. International donors had warned the move would threaten the war-torn nation’s fragile recovery. At odds for months with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud over a Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed lost Saturday’s vote of confidence. Ahmed (pictured)…

                Read More

                  Zimbabwean appointed UN deputy envoy to Somalia

                  Juba, Dec. 5, 2014 (SDN) – The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment Zimbabwe’s Raisedon Zenenga as his deputy special representative of the UN assistance mission in Somalia (UNSOM), replacing Algeria’s Fatiha Serour. Ki-moon, in a statement, acknowledged Serour’s leadership contributions, especially in support of the political process, human rights, rule of law and…

                  Read More

                    France Ordered to Pay Somali Pirates Thousands

                    The European Court of Human Rights announced its judgment in two Somali piracy cases versus France on Thursday, siding with the pirates. The court stated that the suspected pirates, apprehended in Somalia by the French authorities, should have been brought before a legal authority as soon as they arrived in France.   These two cases…

                    Read More

                      Kenya army plane crashes in Somalia

                      A Kenya military plane has crashed in southern Somalia, the army said, citing “technical problems” while Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters claimed they had shot it down. There are reports that the pilot is dead and two members of the crew are missing after Thursday’s incident. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, reporting from Nairobi, said that the jet…

                      Read More

                        Uganda: Amisom Commander Love for Somali Woman

                        UPDF Spokesman Lt.Col. Paddy Ankunda has a close relationship for A Somali woman whom is purported to be his second wife. According to Uganda based online newspaper Ugandan drone Col Akunda who hails from Rukungiri and a close friend to current internal minister Gen Aronda is living a life of seasons. Somali elites have warned…

                        Read More